Author: Alice Gregory

A cycling challenge championed by a Welsh rugby legend promises to be bigger than ever when it hits the road for the fourth time this summer. Jiffy’s Cancer 50 Challenge, spearheaded by former rugby union and rugby league star Jonathan “Jiffy” Davies, has raised many thousands of pounds for the cancer centres at Velindre and Singleton hospitals. Last year an amazing 600 cyclists took part – the biggest turn-out yet for the hugely popular event. And the hope is that this record will be broken again for the 2024 event, which will take place on Sunday, August 18th. Entries are…

A former Police Community Support Officer is on a new mission to fight crime across North Wales using cash seized from villains. Kelsey Reed has just been appointed as the project manager for the North Wales Police and Community Trust (PACT) which provides funding for local initiatives across the region. Since being established in 1998, the organisation has given more than £2 million towards projects across the region – appropriately, much of it money confiscated from criminals and recycled for the public good. PACT works closely with North Wales Police’s neighbourhood policing teams, particularly the network of Police Community Support…

Help Aberglasney win the RHS ‘Feel Good Garden of the Year’ Award and you too could be a winner of tickets to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival in 2025 and a luxury two-night stay nearby. The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) is inviting garden visitors to vote for their favourite RHS Partner Garden ‘Garden of the Year’. Votes can be cast via the RHS website: RHS Partner Garden of the Year competition 2024 / RHS Gardening until midday on 27 September 2024. Aberglasney’s Director of Operations, Jim Stribling, said, “We know our visitors and members already appreciate a visit…

A city-centre community enterprise market garden in the shadow of Cardiff Castle is producing and selling fresh cut salad leaves and distributing them to customers, shops and restaurants by bike – whilst working to promote positive mental health with a dedicated group of volunteers from all walks of life. They got started with training from Plant and Share and received a £10,000 grant from Food For Life (the group that runs Plant & Share) in 2021.  To celebrate they are participating in Plant and Share month again to grow and distribute more healthy food and engaging children and the local…

People having cancer treatment in Swansea are now benefiting from far more targeted radiotherapy – made possible by charitable donations. All patients undergo CT scans as part of the radiotherapy planning process. For many tumours, these CT images are combined with MRI scans to delineate between healthy and diseased tissue. The MRI scans used in the South West Wales Cancer Centre in the city’s Singleton Hospital are those obtained during the diagnostic process. As they can be several weeks old by the time radiotherapy planning starts, the tumour could have changed when the treatment begins. Another drawback is that patients…

Generous shoppers in Wales are being encouraged to help an in-store fundraising campaign from Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th April to support medical research into food allergies. For the fifth year running, Tesco is working with The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the UK’s food allergy charity, to help raise awareness and support clinical research into food allergies by contributing 10p from every own brand Free From product bought in stores and online, as well as providing customers with the opportunity to round up their shopping at self-service tills throughout the week. All money raised will help Natasha’s Foundation to continue…

Sparkle Appeal, a local children’s charity based in South Wales, is celebrating a significant boost of £5,000 raised during an Easter competition hosted by easyfundraising. The local charity are dedicated to supporting children and young people with disabilities and complex needs, along with their families. Sparkle Appeal ensures children receive the support they require whilst enjoying equal access to opportunities, life experiences and activities as any other child and their family. Sparkle is the official charity partner of Serennu, Nevill Hall and Caerphilly Children’s Centres, supporting children, young people and their families from Newport, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Monmouthshire.…

WELSH fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium has appointed Pablo Shorney as Finance Director to support its growth plans. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Pablo has a wealth of experience, having spent a decade supporting SMEs across south Wales and south-west England. He joins the firm from Lexington Corporate Finance, where he has spent the last five years advising SMEs on financial and commercial strategies for growth. On his appointment, Pablo said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Dudley’s as Finance Director at an exciting time in its growth strategy. Dudley’s has an exceptional reputation in its industry, built over thirty years, for delivering on…

Leading port operator Associated British Ports (ABP), and one of the biggest commercial landowners in the UK, has appointed global property consultancy Knight Frank as joint marketing agents for its five ports in South Wales. Knight Frank joins property agency Jenkins Best in promoting business opportunities and attracting investment and occupiers for the ports at Barry, Cardiff, Newport, Port Talbot and Swansea. In 2021, ABP announced its long-term Future Ports: Wales Vision strategy centred around decarbonising energy, manufacturing and logistics around its ports and creating new clean growth environments.  The company is now in the process of implementing that vision.…

Six by Nico’s Cardiff restaurant opened its doors eight months ago, and now, diners can sample its latest menu, which draws inspiration from New York City. To truly capture the essence of New York cuisine, thorough research is essential. That’s precisely what the Six by Nico team undertook, mapping out the various restaurants they visited along the journey which they incorporated into the design of the menu. Chef Nico and his executive chef team flew to New York for four days to learn about the city’s multi-cultural heritage through their taste buds. These meticulous details add depth to the dining…